Desperate civilians in a swathe of Syria from Aleppo in the north to the southern border are largely out of reach of aid workers, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. Throughout the country, the wounded are often denied medical treatment by either...

Armed with machine guns, black-clad al Qaeda fighters drove their pick-ups calmly into the northern Syrian town and took over its imposing agriculture ministry building. They beheaded a sniper from a rival rebel unit, displayed his head in the main square and put roadblocks on major...

Facebook activists have circulated a photo of a three years old girl from Homs, called Ritaj Yusuf al-Khalid, who got lost from her father in Greece on 11/11/2013 when they were caught by the coast guards. The girl carried on her journey to Sweden with a lady from Aleppo...

   Fighters linked to al-Qaeda have kidnapped and executed an Iraqi freelance cameraman working in northern Syria, the first foreign journalist killed by fighters in the rebel-held north, according to a press freedom watchdog.  The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said...